NCC boss is Commonwealth group chair

Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Bashir Gwandu, has emerged Chairman of the Commonwealth ITU Group (the CIG) by the meeting of CIG, at the Commonwealth headquarters in London.

His emergence followed nomination to the membership by the outgoing Chairman of the CIG and Canadian Special Advisor, International Organisations Industry, Canada, Dr Bruce Gracie, who had been chairman of CIG for five years.

Gracie took over from Mr Malcolm Johnson, formerly of Ofcom –the UK Regulator. He is currently the Director of Standardisation Bureau of the ITU.

In his capacity as Chairman of the Commonwealth ITU Group, Gwandu will lead representatives of the 54-member Commonwealth countries at the ITU.

By this appointment, Nigeria is building solid ground at the international Information and Communications Technology (ICT) arena and has growing potential to influence decision of international ICT institutions that affect our daily lives.